Deb: On arrival on Naxos (1st June already!), we then discovered that we can't get the ferry on Wednesday, as we had expected. Well, we could have, but it would have taken 6 ½ hours! So we have now arranged to stay until Thursday, in the same accommodation, and are taking a ferry that "only" takes 4 hours. That won’t be too bad (hopefully) as if the weather is sunny, it just means sitting on deck and taking the sun in for a while. Sunday was hot and ...

Alan: We were so pleased to arrive back on Andros! Even the ferry from Mykonos had an impromptu disco as the Athens bound Greeks set up their gear from (presumably) a lively weekend on Mykonos and entertained us with a disco style selection (whoopee). We had to taxi to Batsi (10 Euros, not bad) and then we were unpacking in the same (upgraded) room we had previously before setting off to the wrong place (despite text messages) to find Ken and Sue. Misunderstandin...

Mykonos: Saturday 26th May for two nights Deb: Arrived at Mykonos to frenetic scenes of frantic hotel and owners with rooms to let, in a scrum trying to persuade those getting off the boat that they should stay in their accommodation. Mayhem! Luckily we had booked rooms online and the woman who owns the rooms was there to pick us up. It was really busy and a shock after three quiet islands, that's for sure. The room is our most basic yet – no balcony and q...

Alan: So we're now on Paros and have had our first real battle with the Greek ferry timetables. Our transfer from Syros was easy, a single ferry starting at a not too uncivilised 7.00 a.m. took an hour and three quarters. Once settled on Paros we thought we should check our next leg to Tinos. We had it all planned for Thursday, 23rd May, went on the web – ferry, what ferry? It was there last week. Rushed down to the port and picked a ticket agency at random...

Alan: This is probably a good sign, but we are a bit behind with our blogging, in that I'm in Paros and about to [try and] write something witty and interesting about Syros. Syros’ main claim to fame on so far is that I keep calling it Symi and hence annoying Deb and confusing any locals in conversations like "Hello, which island have you travelled from?". Having said that it is a fascinating island and very different from any one I have been to previously....